The United Nations formed the World Health Organization (WHO).
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New York and New Jersey were struck by the strongest earthquake in over one hundred years.
NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe from Cape Canaveral.
Car engineer Henry Ford died at the age of 83.
France initiated the War of the League of Cambrai against Venice.
Englishman John Walker invented modern-day wooden matches that create a flame through friction.
